Sochi Museum of Sports Glory embodies the history of the ascent of Russian sports on its pedestal and tells how the solar resort changed during the preparation for the 2014 Winter Olympics . The museum building is located on the central area around the Sochi administration, where the Olympic and Paralympic flags were raised - the main symbols of these sports movements . The grand opening of the museum took place in June 2010 ., the ceremony was attended by President M Jacques Rogge, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation D . Kozak, President of the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee D . Chernyshenko, Mayor of Sochi A . Pakhomov and other influential guests . Jacques Rogge handed the symbolic statuette with his autograph to the museum curator and left the first review in the visitors' book .
Exposition Museum
Museum of Sports Glory Sochi includes several expositions dedicated to the sporting successes of our country . Museum exhibits tell about the history of the Olympic movement in Russia, reveal the peculiarities of preparation for the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow . and present a model of the Olympic Sochi . The whole exposition is dedicated to the honored sportsmen- Sochi, who repeatedly became winners of international competitions . The collection contains rare photos, documents, personal belongings of champions . So, here you can see the watch of Eugene Kafelnikov, football a ball with the signatures of CSKA athletes, a collection of badges "Moscow - the capital of the summer XXII Olympic Games", Sochi's bid for participation in games and the pen that signed the contract .
The highlight of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Glory Museum is a huge Sochi 2014.ru emblem. , which was presented with the symbols of the Games on Red Square in Moscow, and scenic costumes of Russian stars created for the ceremony of transfer of the Olympic flag in Vancouver. No less interesting is the actual sports equipment, for example, there is a bean on which the two-time Olympic champion A. Voyevoda was trained
Sochi's sketches with a schematic depiction of Olympic facilities are equipped with an audio system and lighting that allow you to imagine the scale of preparatory work for the 2014 Olympics
more than 300 exhibits. The museum's funds are constantly replenished, and the creators of the sports museum are sure that their offspring will become a popular tourist object and part of the legend of the past Games. The Sochi Sports Glory Museum is administratively part of the Sochi Museum of History.
Useful information
Address: Sochi, ul. 26,
Phone: +7 (862) 264-68-30.
Working hours: Monday - Sunday: 11:00 - 21:00.
Entrance: 80 RUB, for children : 50 RUB, photographing fee: 60 RUB
You can get to the museum by buses No. 1, 17, 36, 103, 105, 120, 125 or by shuttle buses No. 100, 104, 105 and 125.
All prices are indicated as of December 2014